Re: First EM lab

[Tina Fanetti <FanettT@QUEST.WITCC.CC.IA.US>]

Right but what about a lab?  
I am not to the point of being able to write my own labs

Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429

> > > Chris Horton <ChrisAHorton2@HOTMAIL.COM> 01/12/02 02:50PM >>>
Tina,

You've gone through mechanics, force, Newton's laws.  Now you are moving on
to EM.  There is good logic to doing electrostatics and Coulomb's law first.
It connects EM to mechanics and gives a chance for using the physics they
have already been through..

Chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: Tina Fanetti <FanettT@QUEST.WITCC.CC.IA.US>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: First EM lab


> Hi
> I am trying to figure out what lab or lab activities to do for the fi=
> rst lab in intro calc physics EM. =20
> We only have one Farady ice pail. =20
>
> We do have the stuff to map electric field lines...the lab write-up I=
>  have includes both magnetic and electric field lines...although I co=
> uld rewrite it. =20
>
> The other option is to start with circuit stuff.
>
> Ideas?
> Thoughts?
> Better job offers?
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Fanetti
> Physics Instructor
> Western Iowa Technical Community College
> 4647 Stone Ave
> Sioux City IA 51102
> 712-274-8733 ext 1429